REAFFIRMATION AND RATIFICATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.8 |
.REAFFIRMATION AND RATIFICATION AGREEMENT |
September 28, 2007 |
Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. |
c/o Laurus Capital Management, LLC |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 |
Ladies and Gentlemen: |
Reference is made to the (a) Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of November 30, |
2005 by and between eLEC Communications Corp., a New York corporation (the “Company”), |
and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (“Laurus”) (as amended, modified or |
supplemented from time to time, the “November 2005 Securities Purchase Agreement”); (b) |
Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2006 by and between the Company and |
Laurus (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “May 2006 Securities |
Purchase Agreement” and together with the November 2005 Securities Purchase Agreement, |
the “Laurus Securities Purchase Agreements” and each a “Laurus Securities Purchase |
Agreement”); (c) the Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of February 8, 2005 made by Telecarrier |
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Telecarrier”), Vox Communications Corp., a Delaware |
corporation (“Vox”), New Xxxxxxxx Telephone Corp, a New York corporation (“New |
Xxxxxxxx”), AVI Holding Corp, a Texas corporation (“AVI”) XxxxxXxxxxxxx.xxx Corp., a |
Delaware corporation (“Telco”) and Line One, Inc. a New York corporation (“Line One”, and |
together with Vox, AVI and Telco, the “Guarantors”) in favor of Laurus (as amended, modified |
or supplemented from time to time, the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), (d) Master Security |
Agreement dated as of February 8, 2005 made by the Company, the Guarantors, Telecarrier and |
New Xxxxxxxx in favor of Laurus (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the |
“Master Security Agreement”) and (e) Stock Pledge Agreement dated as of February 8, 2005 |
made by the Company, in favor of Laurus (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to |
time, the “Stock Pledge Agreement”) (the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Subsidiary |
Guaranty, the Master Security Agreement and the Stock Pledge Agreement, collectively, the |
“Existing Laurus Agreements”). |
To induce (a) Xxxxxxx Corporation (“Xxxxxxx”), Xxxxxx Offshore SPV II, LLC (“Valens”, |
and collectively with Xxxxxxx, the “Purchasers”) and LV Administrative Services, LLC, as |
administrative and collateral agent for the Purchasers (the “Agent”) to provide financial |
accommodations to the Company and enter into (i) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement |
dated as of the date hereof among the Company, the Purchasers, the other purchasers from time |
to time party thereto and the Agent (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, |
the “September 2007 Securities Purchase Agreement”) and (ii) the Related Agreements (as |
defined in the September 2007 Securities Purchase Agreement, together with the September |
2007 Securities Purchase Agreement, the “Valens Agreements”) and (b) Laurus to agree certain |
amendments to the Notes as set forth in (i) that certain Amended and Restated Secured Term |
Note made by the Company in favor of Laurus in the original principal amount of $1,428,000 |
and (ii) that certain Third Amended and Restated Secured Term Note made by the Company in |
favor of Laurus in the original principal amount of $1,966,667 (collectively, the “Amended |
Laurus Notes”), each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby: |
a. represents and warrants to Laurus that it has reviewed and approved the |
terms and provisions of each of the Valens Agreements, the Amended Laurus Notes and the |
documents, instruments and agreements entered into in connection therewith; |
b. acknowledges, ratifies and confirms that all of the terms, conditions, |
representations and covenants contained in the Existing Laurus Agreements are in full force and |
effect and shall remain in full force and effect after giving effect to the execution and |
effectiveness of each of the Valens Agreements and the Amended Laurus Notes (provided that |
the representations and warranties made by the Company in the Existing Laurus Agreements |
shall be true and correct only as of the date of such agreements); |
c. represents and warrants that no offsets, counterclaims or defenses exist as |
of the date hereof with respect to any of the undersigned’s obligations under any Existing Laurus |
Agreements; |
d. acknowledges, ratifies and confirms the grant by each of the Company and |
the Guarantors to Laurus of a security interest in the assets of (including the equity interests |
owned by) each of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, as more specifically set forth |
in the Existing Laurus Agreements, as applicable (the “Security Interest Grants”) and (ii) that |
the Security Interest Grants secure all the Obligations (as defined in the Existing Laurus |
Agreements); and |
e. acknowledges and confirms that (i) the occurrence of an Event of Default |
under any of the Existing Laurus Agreements shall constitute an Event of Default under the |
Valens Agreements and (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default under any of the Valens |
Agreements shall constitute an Event of Default under the Existing Laurus Agreements. |
This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of |
the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof. This letter |
agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in one or more counterparts, each of which |
shall be deemed an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the |
same agreement. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile or electronic transmission shall |
be deemed to be an original signature hereto. |
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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have executed this Reaffirmation and Ratification | ||||
Agreement this 28th day of September, 2007. | ||||
eLEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||||
VOX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||||
AVI HOLDING CORP. | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||||
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XXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX CORP. | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||||
LINE ONE, INC. | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Address: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||||
Acknowledged and Agreed to by: | ||||
LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD. | ||||
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | ||||
Name: Xxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Managing Director | ||||
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